Load supporting and carrying device



- June 21, 1927. l"532,904

- J. JUDELSON v LOAD SUPPORTING AND CARRYING DEVICE Filed Jun 20. 1924 Z-Sheets-Sheet 1 Ma "Q INVENTOR (fidiaa Jule/son BY 5 Z ATTORNEY June 21,1927. 1,632,904

- J. JUDELSON LOAD SUPPORTING AND CARRYING DEVICE Filed June 20. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 tmmnywm' INVENTOR gY I a g 5 ATTORNEY ujall'us Judebbm Patented June 21, 1927.

PATENT orrl -c a.

JULIUS JUDELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LOAD SUPPORTING AND CARRYING DEVICE.

Application filed June 20, 1924. Serial No. 721,179.

This invention relates to load supporting and carrying devices and more particularly to load carriers mounted to reciprocate in and out of a casing-and adapted to support a load outside of the casing in an overhang ing position with respect thereto, as .for example, in clothes driers, wardrobes, and the like.

An object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character described in which the load carrier is of non-telescop ing or non-collapsible construction, and supports a frame, said carrier and frame being arranged to be withdrawn from its supporting casing to expose substantially its full length without any material sagging thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described adapted to be extended outside and retracted within a casing, which is easy to operate compactly constructed of few parts, simply arranged, yet strong and durable and relativcly inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which .will be exemplifiedin the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

' In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative en'ibodin'ients of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a vertical crosssectional view showing a drying frame and the roller supporting means therefor in partially extended position; i

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view showing two drier units'with the front panel of one removed to show the interior construction;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the detail con struction of the rear portion of the carrier;

Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective view of the rear end portion of the carrier;

Fig. 5 is a detail cross-sectional view taken along line 55'of Fig. 1 showing the front roller mounting; and

F ig. v6 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the rear end of the carrier in its extreme forward position.

Referring in detail to the drawing, an embodiment of the invention is there shown as applied to a clothes drier which may consist ofione or more units each comprising a cabinet ,10, provided with suitable means (not shown), for supplying heat thereto in the well known manner. A drying frame 11 is adapted to reciprocate in and out of each cabinet and supported in position in the .manner hereinafter described. The frame .11 comprises a front vertical panel 12 adapted to provide a closure or door for the cabinet 19 and a rear panel 13. 'Ex tending between' said panels 12 and 13 are horizontal and parallel spaced rack rods'la from which theclothesor other articles to be dried may be suspended. Close to the bottom ofthe. drier frame 11; theusual wire mesh'shelf ortray 15 is provided.

For reciprocating the frame 11 and supporting it in extended overhanging position, a carrier l6is provided: Said carrier h as a. main longitudinal tubular member or bar 16 therear ,endof which is supported to travel between the flange portions 17 of two parallel spaced. channel members 17 on a pair of rollers 18. The latter preferably have anti-friction bearings 18 and are mounted on an axle: 19secured to the bar 16 by any suitable'means as by bolted anglepieces 20 as sliownin Figs..8 and Atthe front upper portion of the cabinet 10,011 an angle cross member 22, a roller-23 is mounted 'on which said .bar 16' rides. :said roller being mounted for rotation between a pair of angle platesQl secured to said crossmember teccssesQQ and 22 are pro-' vided in member 22 to permittl'ie free passsage of member 16 and rotation of roller L3 respectively, as shown in Figs. 5 and b.

For securing the top of the drier frame 11 to the rear portion of the carrier 1,6, there is a pair of forwardly and downwardly offset straps 24 having the upper end portions thereof bent over and frictionally engaging the axle 19.] A T shaped connecting' plate 25 is provided for securing 10 is astationary forked guide 27 adapted to embracethe lowest rack rod 14:.

File-operation of the mechanism for reciprocating the drier frames and supporting them is best understood by reference to Figs.

1, 2 and 6. As a drier frame 11 is drawn out of cabinet 10, by means for'example of a handle 26 the rear portion of carrier 16 rides on rollers 18 in the channel member 17 and tubular memberlGf rides on roller 23, while the lowest rack rod 14 rests in guide 27. Due to the spaced supporting con thereby forms a stopping means, and the frame 11 extends-entirely outside of the cabinet 10. r I

From the description given above and the drawing, it will be seen that a dominant feature of the invention is that the reciprocat ing and supporting mechanism for each drier frame includes a three point support, two between the rollers 18 and channels 17, and one between tubular member 16 and roller23 providin thereby a simple, compact and highly desirable construction for the purpose and the class of apparatus described. V V

It will thusbe scent-hat there'is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved and which iswell adapted to meet the conditions OfPIElClJlCfll use. V r

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forthor shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

IIaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the character described including a supporting structure, a pair of parallel tracks arranged wholly within said structure and fixed to the same adjacent the top thereof, a carrier bar, rollers on the bar mounted to run on said tracks, a roller having a fixed axis mounted in the supporting structure for said bar to ride on, and a load supportcarried by said bar, said carrier bar being supported entirely by said rollers.

2. A device of the character described comprising a supporting structure, apair of parallel spaced channel tracks fixedly arranged within the supporting structure adjacent the top thereof, a carrier bar, rollers on the bar mounted to run between the flange portions of said channeltracks, a

the supporting structure for said bar to ride on, and a load support'carried by said bar,

the bar mounted to rulrbetween the flange portions of said tracks, a rollerhaving a fixcd axis arranged within the supporting structure for said bar to ride on, and a load support carried by said bar, said carrier bar being supported entirely by saidrollers.

1. In a device of the character described, a cabinet, :1 pair of parallel spaced channel tracks, lixedly secured within said cabinet adjacentthe top thereof, a carrierbar, roi]-' ers 011 the bar mounted to run between the flange portions of said tracks a roller having a fixed axis, arranged between said tracks for said bar to ride on, and a load support carried by said bar, said carrier bar being supported entirely by said rollers, the latter being confined within said cabinet.

5. A device of the character described comprising a cabinet having a doorway, spaced parallel channel tracks fixedly se cured within the cabinet adjacentthe top thereof, an inextensible carrier bar, an axle fixed to the rear end portion of the bar, rollers mounted on said axle to run between the flange port-ions of the tracks, aroller having a fixed axis arranged between the tracks for the bar to ride on, han erscarried bythe bar, front and rear mem ers carried by the N hangers, the front member forming a door for the doorway, rack bars connecting the r 7 frontandrear members, and aguide for one of the rack bars arranged at the lower end of the doorway, said carrier bar being supported entirely by said rollers.

,6. In a device of the character described, a cabinet, a pair of parallel spaced channel tracks fixedly secured wholly within said cabinet adjacent the top thereof, a carrier bar, rollers on the bar mounted to run between the flange portions of said tracks, aroller having a fixed axis, arranged between said tracks for said bar to ride on, said rollersbeing confined within the cabinet, front and rear hangers carried by said bar, and a load support carried by the hangers, the rear hanger projecting forwardly to permit the load support to project entirely out of the cabinet when the carrier bar has been moved to its forward limit. a I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JULIUS JUDELSON. 

